Visitors Fill New Hotels,
So Puerto Rico Builds More
Cooling winds help moderate
the island's temperatures, which
average 76° F., with only a 6°
variation between winter and
summer. The sun shines 360
days a year. This superb cli
mate annually attracts 400,000
visitors, who leave behind some
66 million dollars.
Breakfast on the terrace de
lights a guest at the new Dora
do Beach Hotel, 15 miles west
of San Juan. Rustling palms
and crashing surf beyond play
a majestic symphony.
El Ponce Intercontinental,
Pan American Airways' hand
some new hotel, overlooks the
city of Ponce and the blue-green
Caribbean. Opened in Febru
ary, 1960, the hotel can accom
modate 340 guests.
Dorado's builder, Laurance S.
Rockefeller, and his wife play
golf on the hotel's palm-stud
ded oceanside course designed
by links architect Robert Trent
Jones. Many experts consider it
the finest in the Caribbean.
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